Batch Controls

Use the following Batch controls to load and save setups as well as to access setup options. You can also select a specific representation of how you want your work displayed.

(a) Save dropdown list (a) Save box  (c) Reference box (d) View box

Process box

Generates a new clip from the process tree. You have the option of including the clip’s head and tails when you process. The process tree must end with a BFX Output node.

Load Batch button

Loads a Batch setup by appending it to the current Batch setup. If the setup contains nodes that have the same name as the current setup, the conflicting nodes in the current schematic are renamed.

Loading a Batch setup also loads the clips used in the process trees. If Batch cannot find a clip, it displays the name of the clip in red.

You can load Batch setups that contain Flame, Flint or Inferno specific nodes. These nodes—called render-only nodes or non-editable nodes—cannot be modified in Smoke; however, Batch processes the node operation in the final clip result.

Save dropdown list

Save a Batch setup or save a Batch setup and all the sources used in the setup. See Saving Sources and Setups.

Save box

Select one of the following options when saving a Batch setup.

By default, Batch setups have the file extension .batch.

Setup button

Displays Batch setup options. See Setting Batch Preferences.

Node Setup

Displays the Setup menu for certain nodes. See Accessing Modules from Batch.

Animation button

Displays the Universal Channel Editor, where you can change parameters for any module at any time. See Creating Animations with the Batch Universal Editor.

Timing

Displays the relative position in time of all Batch clips. See Timing View.

BFX View

Displays a schematic view of all source clips and nested levels of Batch FX applied to a BFX segment. Use this view to quickly access a complete Batch setup relative to the EditDesk timeline and to match any source clip used in a BFX segment. See Navigating Batch Setups.

Reference box

For the currently selected node, displays one of the following in the reference portion, “R” side, of the split bar.

See Displaying the Reference Area.

View box

Sets the view in the image window. Available views are determined by the active node. You can also use the following hotkeys to display commonly used views.